Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria, which cause gonorrhea, are seen in a scanning electronic micrograph. The image was captured by the ...
Mississippi awarded more than $104 million in federal rural health grants across 167 projects. Where the money goes and why rural access matters. Community paramedics in rural Virginia visit patients ...
COVID-19 is a respiratory disease primarily affecting the lungs. However, the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 surprised doctors and scientists by causing an unusually large percentage of ...
What drives some patients, but not others, to experience dangerous vascular complications with different kinds of infections has remained a mystery, until now. Researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess ...
An animal-associated virus has crossed a boundary scientists had not previously documented. The death of a patient has ...
A sinus infection can spread to the brain, although this is rare. People require immediate medical treatment if a sinus infection reaches the brain. Sinusitis is an inflammation of the sinuses and ...
Amid a growing measles outbreak in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico — which has led to two deaths, including the first from the illness in the U.S. since 2015 — more people are being exposed to the ...
A pyogenic liver abscess is a pus-filled sac in the liver that occurs due to infection or injury. Treatment involves antibiotics to address the infection. Drainage may also be necessary to help ...
In a recent study published in the journal Nature Cardiovascular Research, researchers reported that the increased long-term risk of acute cardiovascular complications associated with coronavirus ...